Opinion
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Time Management or Self-management?
Many of the students taking up the examination of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) are found complaining…
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Standard costs – an effective tool for business?
Standard costing and variance analysis has been in use since the early twentieth century. In recent years the role of…
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Mind Your Payroll Controls
Companies change their payroll processing function with great regularity. A newly founded organization starts with manual payroll processing to handle…
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The balanced scorecard and the small business
This article illustrates how Balanced Scorecard techniques are being used in small businesses. It is particularly relevant to students who…
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Fraud: What Starts Small Can Snowball
The situation is vexing. You are a mid-level financial manager at a company, and you're attending a meeting with Wall…
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Group accounting: associated companies and negative goodwill
Group accounting is the subject of compulsory questions in all Financial Reporting papers. It is therefore an important area candidates…
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Needed: A Policy Doctrine on Information Security in Developing Countries – Part 2
In part 1 of this paper, you saw that developing countries are beginning to play on a level playing field…
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10 Key Interview Questions
Most managers are familiar with the standard array of interview questions, such as "What are your strengths/weaknesses?" and "Where do…
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Needed: A Policy Doctrine on Information Security in Developing Countries – Part 1
Modern innovations in the field of information technology have developed at a mind-boggling rate, and none more so than the…
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Reporting Capabilities of Software-audit Tools
Auditors undertaking a variety of organizational missions such as optimizing IT assets, checking on file usage, or keeping an eye…
